On Mar 19, 2012, at 8:27 AM, JohnV wrote: > On Mar 19, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Paul Cefola wrote: > >> Does such constant HD activity happen with external HD's attached to Windows >> laptops? > > no idea. However this machine -IS- usually networked with the iMAC (I.83GHz > INtel Core Duo 10.6.8) and both have several HD's attached.
It sounds as though your spotlight indexes are corrupt. Here's a good site for fixing problems like that: <http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/stopspotlightindex.html> Turning off Spotlight can be done, but then it disables the Finder's Find command as well. As Dan mentioned, there;s been numerous discussions of Spotlight in this list, peruse the archives. I've found that the main thing with Spotlight index rebuilding is to leave the computer completely alone while it does this; start the rebuild before you go to bed and let it run overnight. This results in a clean rebuild of the index and metadata database, so that it's less likely to get in your way while you're using the system. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
